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InventHelp Inventor Develops New Hand Cleaning Accessory (OCC-1689)

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

My design would reach all the creases of the hands, fingers, and under the fingernails for a more efficient and effective clean."

Key Points: 
  • My design would reach all the creases of the hands, fingers, and under the fingernails for a more efficient and effective clean."
  • The invention provides an easier way to thoroughly clean and scrub the hands, fingers, and fingernails.
  • In doing so, it would remove tough dirt, grime, and other substances.
  • 22-OCC-1689, InventHelp, 100 Beecham Drive, Suite 110, Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9801, or call (412) 288-1300 ext.

A 380-million-year old predatory fish from Central Australia is finally named after decades of digging

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

More than 380 million years ago, a sleek, air-breathing predatory fish patrolled the rivers of central Australia.

Key Points: 
  • More than 380 million years ago, a sleek, air-breathing predatory fish patrolled the rivers of central Australia.
  • Known from at least 17 fossil specimens, Harajicadectes is the first reasonably complete bony fish found from Devonian rocks in central Australia.

Meet the biter

  • This group had strongly built paired fins and usually only a single pair of external nostrils.
  • Tetrapodomorph fish from the Devonian period (359–419 million years ago) have long been of great interest to science.
  • They include the forerunners of modern tetrapods – animals with backbones and limbs such as amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

A long road to discovery

  • Packed within red sandstone blocks on a remote hilltop were hundreds of fossil fishes.
  • The vast majority of them were small Bothriolepis – a type of widespread prehistoric fish known as a placoderm, covered in box-like armour.
  • These included a lungfish known as Harajicadipterus youngi, named in honour of Gavin Young and his years of work on material from Harajica.
  • There were early attempts at figuring out the species, but this proved troublesome.
  • Then, our Flinders University expedition to the site in 2016 yielded the first almost complete fossil of this animal.

A strange apex predator

  • Likely the top predator of those ancient rivers, its big mouth was lined with closely-packed sharp teeth alongside larger, widely spaced triangular fangs.
  • It seems to have combined anatomical traits from different tetrapodomorph lineages via convergent evolution (when different creatures evolve similar features independently).
  • Similar giant spiracles also appear in Gogonasus, a marine tetrapodomorph from the famous Late Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia.
  • They are also seen in the unrelated Pickeringius, an early ray-finned fish that was also at Gogo.

The earliest air-breathers?


Other Devonian animals that sported such spiracles were the famous elpistostegalians – freshwater tetrapodomorphs from the Northern Hemisphere such as Elpistostege and Tiktaalik. These animals were extremely close to the ancestry of limbed vertebrates. So, enlarged spiracles seem to have arisen independently in at least four separate lineages of Devonian fishes.

  • The only living fishes with similar structures are bichirs, African ray-finned fishes that live in shallow floodplains and estuaries.
  • It was recently confirmed they draw surface air through their spiracles to aid survival in oxygen-poor waters.


Brian Choo receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is employed by Flinders University. Alice Clement receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is employed by Flinders University. John Long receives funding from The Australian Research Council.

InventHelp Inventor Develops Specially Designed Spoon for Squash (TRO-1015)

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a simple and easy way to remove the seeds from a squash," said an inventor, from Pakenham, Ontario, Canada, "so I invented the SQUASH SPOON.

Key Points: 
  • PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a simple and easy way to remove the seeds from a squash," said an inventor, from Pakenham, Ontario, Canada, "so I invented the SQUASH SPOON.
  • My design would offer a more comfortable grip and it reduces the amount of physical exertion needed to prepare a squash for cooking."
  • The invention provides an improved spoon for preparing a squash for baking or roasting.
  • As a result, it saves time and effort and it reduces physical strain on one's hands, wrist, and fingers.

Himax Technologies, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results; Provides First Quarter 2024 Guidance

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

TAINAN, Taiwan, Feb. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023 ended December 31, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • This decline was predominantly driven by the prevailing weak macroeconomic conditions amidst the traditional peak seasonality in the fourth quarter.
  • Meanwhile, Himax’s industry leading, cutting-edge automotive LTDI product started mass production for Geely Auto’s NEVs in the third quarter of 2023.
  • For tablet, Q4 sales grew high teens sequentially, exceeding guidance, driven by successful new product launches by customers during the quarter.
  • Fourth quarter revenues from its non-driver business also exceeded guidance with revenue of $31.0 million but declined 8.2% from a quarter ago.

Roberto Boligan: Shaping The Future Of Indie Gaming With Favor Games

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

MIAMI, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Introduction

Key Points: 
  • Roberto Boligan is at the forefront of shaping the future of indie gaming through his company, Favor Games.
  • Favor Games is not your typical gaming company; it has a vision, a dream, and a mission to create unique and innovative gaming experiences that will shape the future of indie gaming.
  • In this article, we explore how Roberto Boligan is actively shaping the future of indie gaming through Favor Games and how he plans to deliver immersive and memorable games that will resonate with his target audience.
  • Favor Games is fearless in exploring and implementing new technologies and features in its games and pushing the boundaries of indie gaming.

Leading Trade Conference to Bring Industry Influencers and Experts Together in Orlando

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Themed "Shape Your Future," the 2024 North American Iron Workers/IMPACT Conference aims to strengthen relationships between ironworkers, contractors and their customers.

Key Points: 
  • Themed "Shape Your Future," the 2024 North American Iron Workers/IMPACT Conference aims to strengthen relationships between ironworkers, contractors and their customers.
  • Attendees will have a unique opportunity to hone business acumen, learn best practices from industry experts, garner tips to foster business growth and network – all under one roof.
  • This year's conference will cover a wide range of industry topics such as offshore wind, clean energy, cyber security, the metal building market, the rebar industry, artificial intelligence, the U.S. auto industry and more.
  • A panel of auto industry experts, Walbridge’s CEO Mike Haller, Anthony Monte of General Motors and Gary Polakowski of the Ford Motor Company, will explore the fascinating evolution of the auto industry.

Introducing the Art Authority Museum: A new type of art museum for a new world

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Friday, February 2, 2024

ASHLAND, Ore., Feb. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Art Authority LLC, creator of the award-winning line of apps for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV, and owner of the 1000Museums brand of fine-art reproductions, is proud to announce the opening of the Art Authority Museum, a crowning moment in its mission to "make all the world's art accessible to all the world." Under construction for months as an Apple Vision Pro app, the museum's initial availability coincides with that of Apple's new industry-establishing device. Open 24/7, the Museum is currently offering free pre-opening tours of its groundbreaking lobby, where users can experience dozens of the world's most historically important artworks. From wherever in the world they may be.

Key Points: 
  • Art Authority LLC is proud to announce the opening of the Art Authority Museum.
  • Art Authority has been bringing art to all the world since its day-one iPhone app in 2008.
  • To take the tour, Vision Pro users go to the Vision Pro App Store, download and run the free Art Authority Museum app.
  • We view the Art Authority Museum as the pinnacle of our mission," said Alan Oppenheimer, Founding Director of the Museum, and an Art Authority co-founder.

Grooming Company 'Smoosh' Launches With a Better Way to Scrub Up

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

STONINGTON, Conn., Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The inventors behind eco-driven shaving company Leaf Shave, are thrilled to announce the launch of new sibling company, Smoosh. Smoosh is rethinking the way we wash; increasing lather and decreasing waste, so you can feel sensationally clean.

Key Points: 
  • STONINGTON, Conn., Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The inventors behind eco-driven shaving company Leaf Shave, are thrilled to announce the launch of new sibling company, Smoosh .
  • Smoosh is rethinking the way we wash; increasing lather and decreasing waste, so you can feel sensationally clean.
  • The unique tray inside the Body Smoosh holds the soap bar secure for an endless lather and fully-body exfoliation achieved single-handedly.
  • They disrupted the four billion dollar shaving industry with their zero-waste grooming products when they launched their first company, LEAF Shave in 2018.

DoorDash Will DoorDash Stuff From All the Big Game Ads to One Lucky Viewer

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH), the leading local commerce platform, unveiled its plans to engage fans on Sunday, February 11th with a first-of-its-kind sweepstakes that shows how consumers can get just about anything on DoorDash. Timed to football's biggest event, DoorDash will DoorDash stuff from all the commercials – awarding one lucky winner with items advertised throughout the duration of the game.* From cars to snacks to desserts, self-care products and even tax service, DoorDash will give it all away. Just crack the code during DoorDash's Big Game commercial for a chance to obtain it all.

Key Points: 
  • Timed to football's biggest event, DoorDash will DoorDash stuff from all the commercials – awarding one lucky winner with items advertised throughout the duration of the game.
  • You heard that right: DoorDash is delivering big for the Big Game.
  • Head to doordash-all-the-ads.com, to see the growing list of prizes as DoorDash "ads them to the cart."
  • "We believe there's no better way to showcase what's possible with DoorDash than literally delivering all the Big Game ads to one lucky winner."

Through Cable Street Beat, music became a potent antifascist weapon against the far right

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

In 1987, Skrewdriver’s frontman founded Blood & Honour, a music network that soon gained followers and branches throughout the US and Europe.

Key Points: 
  • In 1987, Skrewdriver’s frontman founded Blood & Honour, a music network that soon gained followers and branches throughout the US and Europe.
  • Anti-Fascist Action (AFA), the dominant antifascist group of the time, struck back with their own musical network: Cable Street Beat (CSB).
  • This is the story of how music became a battleground in the 1980s and 1990s, as antifascists fought fascism with guitars and microphones.

Cable Street Beat


Cable Street Beat was named after the antifascists’ celebrated victory over Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts. Before the second world war, British MP Oswald Mosley had commanded a growing fascist movement that had been fiercely resisted by antifascists.

  • On October 4 1936, Mosley amassed his Blackshirts on Cable Street to march through the East End of London.
  • However, around 100,000 militant antifascists gathered to oppose them, ultimately preventing the fascists’ march.
  • Crucially, the audience also heard a powerful speech from Solly Kaye, an antifascist veteran of the actual Battle of Cable Street five decades earlier.

The power of punk


CSB drew energy from the UK’s frenetic punk scene. Bands such as the Angelic Upstarts, Snuff and Yr Anhrefn all enthusiastically took up CSB’s cause. They shared the stage with antifascist activists who gave rousing speeches.

  • Punk, and in particular the working-class focused, aggressive Oi!
  • subgenre and related skinhead subculture, was an area that the far right had long tried to colonise.
  • Indeed, few skinheads had any interest in white power.

Unity Carnivals

  • CSB’s most high-profile strategy was its Unity Carnivals.
  • The first, held in Hackney Downs Park in 1991, attracted 10,000 attendees.
  • It brought a really diverse crowd together in Hackney and really got the political messages across.” Two more carnivals followed: another in Hackney in 1992 and one in Newcastle in 1993, where The Shamen headlined with their chart-topping song Ebeneezer Goode.

Freedom of movement

  • By the early 1990s, electronic dance music had taken off in the UK.
  • Antifascists immediately saw the potential and in Manchester local DJs and AFA set up the Freedom of Movement campaign in 1993 to mobilise these ravers.
  • AFA’s magazine, Fighting Talk, declared Freedom of Movement’s aim was to “politicise the previously apathetic dance club scene, raising issues of racism and fascism”.
  • From 1993 to 1996, AFA put on a series of antifascist club nights in cities from Edinburgh to London.


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Alexander Carter does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.